Samantha started chemotherapy on June 23, 2005, and these rounds were extremely tough; each chemo was followed by infections. The situation was monitored closely, medical professionals decided to surgically remove the lesions by keyhole surgery in August 2010. Further details of Samantha’s treatment were disclosed during a 90-minute meeting on August 19, 2024, attended by Dr. Skidmore and Dr. D Peake. When asked whether the excision in 2005 was “in accordance with a reasonable body of surgical opinion”, Dr. Skidmore said it would not be supported. “However, both experts agreed, however, that the surgery performed would not have been considered adequate treatment for Ewing’s sarcoma, and that had malignancy been suspected in April 2005, Samantha “would only have required one operation”.